 Compromise used to mean that half a loaf was better than no bread. Among modern statesmen it really seems to mean that half a loaf; is better than a whole loaf. Author: G.K. Chesterton |
| I was planning to go into architecture. But when I arrived, architecture was filled up. Acting was right next to it, so I signed up for acting instead. Author: G.K. Chesterton |
| If a thing is worth doing, it is worth doing badly. Author: G.K. Chesterton |
| The fatal metaphor of progress, which means leaving things behind us, has utterly obscured the real idea of growth, which means leaving things inside us. Author: G.K. Chesterton |
| It is the misfortune of kings that they scarcely ever do the good they have a mind to do; and through surprise, and the insinuations of flatterers, they often do the mischief they never intended. Author: Francois Fenelon |
| No one is likely to remember what is entirely uninteresting to him. Author: George Macdonald |
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| All growth that is not toward God, is growing to decay. Author: George Macdonald |
| The mouse that hath but one hole is quickly taken. Author: George Herbert |
| Too many, through want of prudence, are golden apprentices, silver journeymen, and copper masters. Author: George Whitefield |
| Among the many reasons assignable for the sad decay of true Christianity, perhaps the neglecting to assemble ourselves together, in religious societies, may not be one of the least. Author: George Whitefield |
| A life devoted to trifles, not only takes away the inclination, but the capacity for higher pursuits. The truths of Christianity have scarcely more influence on a frivolous than on a profligate character. Author: Hannah More |
| The martyrs to vice far exceed the martyrs to virtue, both in endurance and in number. So blinded are we to our passions, that we suffer more to insure perdition than salvation. Author: Hannah More |
